Clip window – Apple Cinema Tools 3 User Manual
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Chapter 3
The Cinema Tools Interface
Clip Window
You use the Clip window to play the selected clip, identify the timecode and key
number of a specific frame, view general information about the clip, and process it with
the Reverse Telecine and Conform features.
To open the Clip window, do one of the following:
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Click Open Clip in the Detail View window (if a clip is connected to the current record).
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Click Connect Clip in the Detail View window, then select a clip (if one has not already
been connected to the record).
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Choose File > Open Clip, locate a clip, then click Choose.
Note: You can have multiple Clip windows open at one time. They are dynamically
added to and removed from the Window menu as you open and close them. Check the
Window menu for keyboard shortcuts that make open Clip windows active.
Most of the buttons along the right side of the window open additional dialogs:
 Rev Telecine: Opens the Reverse Telecine dialog.
 Disconnect: The Disconnect button (as shown above) changes depending on whether
this clip is connected to the database. With a clip connected (as above), the button is
labeled Disconnect. Click Disconnect to disconnect the clip from the database.
 Enter in DB: If this clip is not connected to the database, the Disconnect button is
labeled Enter in DB. Click Enter in DB to open a dialog where you can select the
scene and take to connect the clip to.
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